Planning for this year’s APhA-ASP Midyear Regional Meeting (MRM) is now underway! I had the opportunity to join the other MRM Coordinators at the January Business Meeting a few weeks ago, and we spent the weekend learning all about the MRMC position, reading through suggestions from the MRM2013 Attendee Survey, and discussing different ideas for MRM2014. Since MRM is a meeting entirely designed to benefit student pharmacists, I need your input as well! Here are some ways you can help me plan the most fun and beneficial MRM for Region 3 this year:

1. Get to know your chapter’s MRM liaison. Your liaison is my main connection and point of contact for your chapter. When I send out important information about MRM to your chapter, I will send it through your MRM liaison. Similarly, if you have questions or concerns about MRM, ask your liaison! They will be able to answer your questions, and if they don’t know, they will be able to contact me to find out the answer.

2. Send me your ideas and suggestions. Thank you to those who attended MRM2013 and filled out the post-MRM survey! The ideas and suggestions were very helpful during our MRMC planning sessions at January Business Meeting. If you were not able to fill out the survey, or if you have come up with more ideas or suggestions in the past couple of months, let me know by passing them along through your MRM liaison. Again, MRM is designed to benefit student pharmacist, so I need to know what you think would benefit your chapters the most!

3. Sign up for the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition. APhA2014 is at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL from March 28-31, 2014. This is a great way to start networking with pharmacists and student pharmacists from across the nation. You can also learn more about the different patient care projects, attend educational and leadership sessions, see the APhA-ASP policy process in action, and meet the APhA-ASP National 

Officer Candidates. If you see me walking around at Annual Meeting, 

please come up and introduce yourself! I would love to meet and talk

with you. I can’t wait to see all of you there!